July 15, 2024
Christopher Tounsel, chair of the African Studies program, has recently published the book “Bounds of Blackness: African Americans, Sudan, and the Politics of Solidarity.” Through his writing, Tounsel highlights a
January 30, 2023
November 16, 2022
A new winter quarter 2023 course taught by Jackson School lecturer Francis Abugbilla explores the theoretical and empirical approaches to war and peace in Africa. The main purpose is to
December 15, 2019
“There’s no reason why we can’t still have a successful foreign policy,” said Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government,
May 9, 2019
Mary Andom, a graduate student in the M.A. in Applied International Studies program who also serves as a communications assistant at the Jackson School, writes about Jackson School doctoral candidate
October 1, 2018
Affiliate Professor Tabitha Grace Mallory is quoted in “Gambia’s tolerance for Chinese fish factories tested as Beijing courts poor African nation with deals,” on how China’s aquaculture has become a major
July 18, 2017
To improve education systems around the world Bridge International Academies (BIA) offers cheap schooling for the world’s poor. BIA offers teaching at a low cost with standardized pedagogy. Teachers use
May 25, 2017
Assistant Director of African Studies and Latin American & Caribbean Studies Monica Rojas-Stewart has won a prestigious Artist Trust Fellowship for 2017. First presented in 1987, the fellowship provides funding to artists across Washington State
May 3, 2017
M-Pesa is an electronic mobile money system free of cards or banks that lets users transfer money between users and go to local agents to withdraw cash. M-Pesa[1] is named after
April 25, 2017